comScore
Skip to main content
Search
ADVERTISEMENT
Summer

Comfort Food Recipes That Spell Summer

by Allison Day
updated February 10, 2022

Comfort food defies seasonality, and these summer-fresh recipes prove that. Sometimes, light and bright isn’t what you’re after, but something hot-off-the-grill. With mains and sides, picnic-perfect sandwiches and more, there’s a decadent dish to be found that suits any summertime comfort food craving.

ADVERTISEMENT
grilled pizza with hot sausage, grilled peppers and onions and oregano ricotta on a serving tray
1/5

Grilled Pizza With Hot Sausage, Grilled Peppers and Onions and Oregano Ricotta

Sausage on a bun with all of the fixings is turned into a savoury warm weather slice that has comfort food written all over it. You’ll forget about takeout at first bite.

Get The Recipe
Best-Ever Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Sandwich on a wooden cutting board
2/5

Best-Ever Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad Sandwich

All of the creamy and addictive flavours of a grilled chicken caesar salad are made into an extra-cozy, family-size picnic sandwich.

Get The Recipe
A shot of a zucchini gratin in a casserole dish with one servin g taken out
3/5

Ina Garten’s Zucchini Gratin

For the non-zucchini noodle crowd, consider transforming your bumper crop into a bubbling, rich gratin instead. Crispy, cheesy and oh so comforting.

Get The Recipe
ADVERTISEMENT
vegan oreo ice cream cake on a serving board
4/5

A Dreamy Ice Cream Cake You’d Never Guess is Vegan

Don’t be fooled by this ice cream cake’s vegan label – this recipe is the antithesis of vegetable-forward eating. Chocolate and vanilla cookies, ice cream and a homemade chocolate shell are layered and frozen for a nostalgic slice of summer.

Get The Recipe
5/5

Strawberry Shortcake Cake

The best part of summer eating is often the delicious berries and cream desserts that are whipped up using the season’s best. In this recipe, strawberries and cream cheese frosting combine with a vanilla-sour cream cake for a smashing take on the traditional summertime treat.

Get The Recipe